HDR1012000150090124961500BROILER HATCHERY HDR2012000150090124961500BROILER EGGS SET & CHICKS PLACED WEEKLY BROILERS Released January 24, 1996, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Broiler Hatchery" call Tom Kruchten at (202) 690-4870, office hours 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET. For assistance with general agricultural statistics, information about NASS, its products or services, contact the NASS Information Hotline at 1-800-727-9540 or E-mail: NASS@AG.GOV. Broiler Eggs Set In 15 Selected States Up 5 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 15-State weekly program set in incubators 168 million eggs during the week ending January 20, 1996. This was up 5 percent from the eggs set the corresponding week a year earlier. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week was 82 percent. Average hatchability is calculated by dividing chicks hatched during the week by eggs set three weeks earlier. Broiler Chicks Placed Up 4 Percent Broiler growers in the 15-State weekly program placed 135 million chicks for meat production during the week ending January 20, 1996. Placements were up 4 percent from the comparable week in 1995. Cumulative placements from October 29, 1995, through January 20, 1996, were 1.57 billion, 3 percent above the 1.52 billion placed during the same period a year earlier. * * * * * * * * The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 p.m. ET on January 31, 1996. Subscription Information To subscribe to NASS reports or to order single copies, call toll free, 1-800-999-6779. You may write: ERS/NASS, 341 Victory Drive, Herndon, VA 22070. Pou 2-2 (1-96) Broiler Eggs Set in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending 1/ State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Dec 16 : Dec 23 : Dec 30 : Jan 6 : Jan 13 : Jan 20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 24,063 24,158 *23,920 24,214 24,302 23,946 AR : 29,845 29,789 30,047 29,772 29,912 30,085 DE : 4,651 4,656 4,445 4,372 *4,426 4,556 FL : 3,003 2,977 2,935 2,873 2,888 2,904 GA : 28,964 28,687 *28,927 28,906 *28,898 28,847 MD : 8,718 8,740 8,734 8,764 *9,407 9,592 MS : 15,423 15,142 15,347 15,639 15,378 15,468 NC : *17,576 *17,749 *17,988 18,420 17,656 17,961 PA : 3,182 3,095 3,096 *3,249 *3,037 3,289 SC : 4,374 4,364 4,366 4,337 4,307 4,335 TX : 11,649 11,659 11,396 11,350 11,334 11,352 VA : 6,431 6,414 6,432 6,399 6,420 6,507 CA, TN, & WV : *9,357 *9,192 *9,022 *9,754 *9,262 9,167 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total :*167,236 *166,622 *166,655 *168,049 *167,227 168,009 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 159,833 159,686 161,051 161,853 160,672 160,593 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 105 104 103 104 104 105 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending 1/ State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Dec 16 : Dec 23 : Dec 30 : Jan 6 : Jan 13 : Jan 20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 18,249 18,205 17,990 17,251 17,462 16,881 AR : 23,106 21,624 23,382 23,342 23,820 24,710 DE : 4,853 5,710 4,932 5,144 *5,386 5,804 FL : 2,606 2,621 2,668 2,628 2,633 2,871 GA : 23,583 23,169 23,399 23,615 *23,635 23,660 MD : 6,378 5,631 6,223 6,404 *6,379 5,534 MS : 13,285 13,117 13,189 13,618 13,130 13,163 NC : *13,651 *14,025 *13,125 *14,056 *13,624 13,661 PA : 2,672 2,653 2,467 *2,361 *2,434 2,456 SC : 3,928 3,867 3,331 3,769 *3,274 3,818 TX : 8,621 8,701 8,581 8,733 8,645 8,583 VA : 5,520 5,404 5,117 5,127 5,348 5,123 CA, TN, & WV : *8,782 *9,414 *8,065 *9,118 *8,867 9,114 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total :*135,234 *134,141 *132,469 *135,166 *134,637 135,378 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 130,998 130,720 131,166 130,282 129,784 130,176 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 103 103 101 104 104 104 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised. 1/ Previous year except January.